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<span class=large>THIRD NEPHI</span><br/> THE BOOK OF NEPHI<br/> THE SON OF NEPHI, WHO WAS THE SON OF HELAMAN
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CHAPTER 14
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Jesus commands: Judge not; ask of God; beware of false prophets—He promises salvation to those who do the will of the Father—Compare <a href="matt/7">Matthew 7</a>.  [<span class='small'>A.D.</span> 34]
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<sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/1a" mark="a" type="E" title="Matt. 7: 1 (1-27); See also footnote to Matt. 7: 1."><span class='smallcaps'>And</span></a> now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he turned again to the multitude, and did open his mouth unto them again, saying: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Judge not, that ye be not judged.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Morm. 8: 19.">For</a> with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
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Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me pull the mote out of thine eye—and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
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Thou <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hypocrisy.">hypocrite</a>, first cast the <sup>b</sup><a href="3_ne/14/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="John 8: 7 (3-11).">beam</a> out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
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Give not that which is <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Holiness.">holy</a> unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/7a" mark="a" type="C" title="3 Ne. 27: 29; TG Prayer.">Ask</a>, and it shall be given unto you; <sup>b</sup><a href="3_ne/14/7b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Initiative; TG Objectives.">seek</a>, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
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Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask bread, will give him a stone?
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Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
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If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
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Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Benevolence; TG Compassion; TG Courtesy.">do</a> ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
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Enter ye in at the <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 13: 24; 3 Ne. 27: 33.">strait</a> gate; for wide is the gate, and <sup>b</sup><a href="3_ne/14/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 132: 25.">broad</a> is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat;
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Because strait is the <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 41; 2 Ne. 31: 9 (9, 17-18); D&C 22: 4.">gate</a>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="3_ne/14/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 8: 20.">narrow</a> is the way, which leadeth unto life, and <sup>c</sup><a href="3_ne/14/14c" mark="c" type="A" title="Matt. 7: 14; 1 Ne. 14: 12.">few</a> there be that find it.
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Beware of <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/15a" mark="a" type="C" title="Jer. 23: 21 (21-32); 2 Ne. 28: 12 (9, 12, 15); TG False Prophets.">false</a> prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
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Ye shall know them by their <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Col. 1: 6; Alma 32: 42 (28-42); D&C 52: 34 (18, 34).">fruits</a>.  Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
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Even so every <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 5: 41.">good</a> tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
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A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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Every tree that <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 3: 10; Alma 5: 36 (36-41); D&C 97: 7.">bringeth</a> not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
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Wherefore, by their <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 7: 17 (16-20); Matt. 12: 33; Luke 6: 43 (43-45); Moro. 7: 5.">fruits</a> ye shall know them.
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Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Jn. 2: 17.">enter</a> into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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Many will <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 5: 17.">say</a> to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?
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And then will <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 7: 23.">I</a> profess unto them: I never <sup>b</sup><a href="3_ne/14/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 5: 13; Mosiah 26: 25 (24-27); D&C 112: 26.">knew</a> you; <sup>c</sup><a href="3_ne/14/23c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 119: 115; Luke 13: 27.">depart</a> from me, ye that work iniquity.
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Therefore, whoso heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Rock.">rock</a>—
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 26: 6; Hel. 5: 12.">rain</a> descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it <sup>b</sup><a href="3_ne/14/25b" mark="b" type="A" title="Prov. 12: 7.">fell</a> not, for it was founded upon a rock.
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And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a <sup>a</sup><a href="3_ne/14/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Foolishness.">foolish</a> man, who built his house upon the <sup>b</sup><a href="3_ne/14/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="3 Ne. 11: 40.">sand</a>—
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And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
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